Effect of Green Spinach Leaves Giving against Hemoglobin Levels Increased in Pregnant Women with Mild Anemia

Kristin Natalia, Novrika Silalahi, Septa Dwi Insani, Megawati Sinambela

2019

Abstract

Anemia in pregnancy is a condition of the mother with hemoglobin level below 11gr%. In 2013, there were 37.0% of cases of anemia in pregnant women in Indonesia. The incident in Agats, Asmat, Papua is an iceberg phenomenon that has not received much attention. The Health Center (Puskesmas) in order to carry out the program of First 1000 Days of Life (FDL) since 2016 to improve the quality of pregnancy and birth. Green spinach leaves are very important and beneficial to increase the level of Hb in pregnant women who are subjected to mild anemia because green spinach contains iron that can smooth the blood. By consuming the green spinach leaves routinely can increase haemoglobin so good for pregnant women who have anemia. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of green spinach giving to hemoglobin increased in pregnant women with mild anemia. This research used quasi experiment with One Group pretest and posttest design. The population in this study were all pregnant women with mild anemia with total sampling technique of 28 peoples. This research was conducted by giving pretest (initial observation) before it is being given an intervention, after that it is given the intervention, then posttest (final observation). The results showed that there was an effect of green spinach giving to hemoglobin levels increased in pregnant women with mild anemia, based on the significant value obtained P value = 0,000. It is hoped that pregnant women can consume foods which contain nutrients for pregnant women to increase hemoglobin levels, for example green vegetables like green spinach.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Natalia K., Silalahi N., Insani S. and Sinambela M. (2019). Effect of Green Spinach Leaves Giving against Hemoglobin Levels Increased in Pregnant Women with Mild Anemia.In Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics and Medical Application Technology - Volume 1: ICHIMAT, ISBN 978-989-758-460-2, pages 28-35. DOI: 10.5220/0009462100280035

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ichimat19,
author={Kristin Natalia and Novrika Silalahi and Septa Dwi Insani and Megawati Sinambela},
title={Effect of Green Spinach Leaves Giving against Hemoglobin Levels Increased in Pregnant Women with Mild Anemia},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics and Medical Application Technology - Volume 1: ICHIMAT,},
year={2019},
pages={28-35},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009462100280035},
isbn={978-989-758-460-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics and Medical Application Technology - Volume 1: ICHIMAT,
TI - Effect of Green Spinach Leaves Giving against Hemoglobin Levels Increased in Pregnant Women with Mild Anemia
SN - 978-989-758-460-2
AU - Natalia K.
AU - Silalahi N.
AU - Insani S.
AU - Sinambela M.
PY - 2019
SP - 28
EP - 35
DO - 10.5220/0009462100280035